United Business Media

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United Business Media plc
Type	Public (LSE: UBM.L)
Founded	1918
Headquarters	London, UK
Key people	David Levin, CEO Nigel Wilson, CFO
Industry	Media
Products	Magazines Exhibitions News Distribution
Revenue	£809.6 million GBP (2004)
Employees	6,501 (2004)
Slogan	We Explore, We Exceed, You Excel
Website	www.unitedbusinessmedia.com

United Business Media provides business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries.

Subsidiaries:

• CMP Technology
• CMP Asia
• CMP Information
• CMPMedica
• Commonwealth Business Media
• PR Newswire

Also a major shareholder of ITN and Press Association.

Headquartered at Ludgate House in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 250 Index with operations in Europe, Asia and North and South America.

Primary competitors are International Data Group, Reed Elsevier and VNU.

Originally incorporated in 1918 as United Newspapers Limited and changed to United News & Media plc in 1995, the name it kept until 2000 when United Business Media plc was formally adopted.

[edit] Board of directors

• Geoff Unwin (Chairman)
• David Levin (CEO) - Previously Clive Hollick
• Nigel Wilson (CFO)
• Charles Gregson (Executive Director)
• John Botts (Non-Executive Director)
• The Lord Turner of Ecchinswell (Non-Executive Director)
• Christopher Hyman (Non-Executive Director)
• Jonathan Newcomb (Non-Executive Director)
• Lord Sandy Leitch (Non-Executive Director)
• Karen Thomson (Non-Executive Director)
• Pradeep Kar (Non-Executive Director)
• Anne Siddell (Group Company Secretary)

[edit] External links

• United Business Media PLC
• PR Newswire
• CMP Technology
• CMP Asia
• CMP Information
• CMPMedica
• Commonwealth Business Media